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Social Security shortfall expected to accelerate, with funds at critical low in 2032
Social Security’s trust fund is now projected to run low on money beginning in 2032.
Americans are dropping out of Obamacare, including in MD
More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for nonpayment than in past years — including in Maryland.
Supreme Court rebuffs pharma challenge to Biden-era drug prices
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a pharmaceutical industry challenge to a plan to curb Medicare drug prices.
MD House passes bill codifying guarantee to emergency abortions
It took three years, but a bill that would enshrine emergency abortion protections in state law won final approval in the Maryland House.
Judge to bar RFK move aimed at cutting gender-affirming care for minors
A U.S. judge said he would block an effort by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that would have sharply restricted medical providers from providing gender-affirming care to minors.
Nursing homes falsely label patients schizophrenic to sedate them, OIG says
A report found that U.S. nursing homes falsely diagnose schizophrenia to mask antipsychotic drug use in dementia patients, compromising care.
Trump unveils TrumpRx discounted drugs website
President Donald Trump unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website meant to offer consumers access to discounted prescription medicines.
Hidden health care spending in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA has a broad reach over many areas of the government and the economy, including several […]
Drugmakers raise prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts.
Federal workers challenge Trump policy on gender-affirming care
Federal workers filed a class action complaint, alleging a discriminatory ban on gender-affirming care in federal health insurance.
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
The Woodlawn-based Social Security Administration began the second Trump administration with a hostile takeover. It ends the year in turmoil.
Combating federal cuts is top priority for health care advocates
Health care advocates warn Medicaid and Medicare cuts could cost Maryland $2.7B, leave 175,000 uninsured, and strain doctors and hospitals.
